Favorite punctuation?

afterthefact · 03.18.2008, 08:45 AM

Mine is the semi-colon; I just love it.

mangajunky · 03.18.2008, 08:48 AM

ellipsis...I use it far too often.

uhler · 03.18.2008, 09:50 AM

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Glice · 03.18.2008, 12:38 PM

Interrobang is the posited name for the !?, but I don't think it has an ASCII yet.

I get particularly excited by diacritics and, in my personal writings, tend to enjoy Diaereses of the 'coördinate' sort.

The vagaries of propriety tend towards obstinancy and obscuranticism in effect, while appealing towards hyper-correctitude and simplicity; precisely the sort of paradox that appeals to me. Perfection terminally in absentum; "human, all too human" indeed.

I get annoyed with my interminable parentheses - of the properly grammatical sort - which serve only to obviate the intrangible, in-negotiable vacillations of the self, presented in writing.

I absolutely loathe ellipses, I really can't explain how they irritate me so.

Today I've been reading about rhetorical devices - I discovered the 5 sorts of hyperbaton and the exciting revelation that an argument I've been having for about 2 years with a good friend could easily have been resolved if either of us realised that a linguistic trope and a philosophical trope were different categories of the same word (homonymy).

floatingslowly · 03.18.2008, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Glice

dicacritics

damn....

did you just spell something wrong.....!?

that wiki link is for "diacritics"....

just askin'....

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Originally Posted by Glice

I absolutely loathe ellipses, I really can't explain how they irritate me so.

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uhler · 03.18.2008, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Glice

Interrobang is the posited name for the !?, but I don't think it has an ASCII yet.

I get particularly excited by dicacritics and, in my personal writings, tend to enjoy Diaereses of the 'coördinate' sort.

The vagaries of propriety tend towards obstinancy and obscuranticism in effect, while appealing towards hyper-correctitude and simplicity; precisely the sort of paradox that appeals to me. Perfection terminally in absentum; "human, all too human" indeed.

I get annoyed with my interminable parentheses - of the properly grammatical sort - which serve only to obviate the intrangible, in-negotiable vacillations of the self, presented in writing.

I absolutely loathe ellipses, I really can't explain how they irritate me so.

Today I've been reading about rhetorical devices - I discovered the 5 sorts of hyperbaton and the exciting revelation that an argument I've been having for about 2 years with a good friend could easily have been resolved if either of us realised that a linguistic trope and a philosophical trope were different categories of the same word (homonymy).

i think my brain just exploded.

pantophobia · 03.18.2008, 12:51 PM

§؟₣‡¶ and so do you!

Glice · 03.18.2008, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by floatingslowly

damn....

did you just spell something wrong.....!?

that wiki link is for "diacritics"....

just askin'....

...

I'm forever spelling things wrong, it's just that the standard of criticism here is so low that noöne ever notices. And I usually pick up on spelling shortly after posting.

Confucious is sex · 03.18.2008, 02:26 PM

You're all homonyms.
Semi colons are my top favourite, but there will always be a place in my heart for my beloved parenthetical comma. Mmmmmm imbed those subordinate clauses baby, yeah!

SYRFox · 03.18.2008, 02:28 PM

Irony mark is my favorite, I really love it => ؟

floatingslowly · 03.18.2008, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Glice

noöne ever notices.

í Č wút ü did thår.

!@#$%! · 03.18.2008, 02:39 PM

my favorite punctuation is also emily dickinson's-- the dash-- which indictes not a mere grammatical break but a pause in thought:

The Brain -- is wider than the Sky --
For -- put them side by side --
The one the other will contain
With ease -- and You -- beside --

The Brain is deeper than the sea --
For -- hold them -- Blue to Blue --
The one the other will absorb --
As Sponges -- Buckets -- do --

The Brain is just the weight of God --
For -- Heft them -- Pound for Pound --
And they will differ -- if they do --
As Syllable from Sound --

Savage Clone · 03.18.2008, 02:56 PM

Emily Dickinson -- Prude Central

!@#$%! · 03.18.2008, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone

Emily Dickinson -- Prude Central

bah-- she was a twisted little pervert -- in the inside.

(and we're talking about XIX century women, mr. 20/20 hindsight)

Savage Clone · 03.18.2008, 02:59 PM

I don't think anyone else ever got the chance to find out.

!@#$%! · 03.18.2008, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone

I don't think anyone else ever got the chance to find out.

there was something camille paglia wrote about sadomasochism in emily dickinson.

i'll see if i can find

!@#$%! · 03.18.2008, 03:04 PM

here a quote i could fish out of wikipedia:

Even the best critical writing on Emily Dickinson underestimates her. She is frightening. To come to her directly from Dante, Spenser, Blake, and Baudelaire is to find her sadomasochism obvious and flagrant. Birds, bees, and amputated hands are the dizzy stuff of this poetry. Dickinson is like the homosexual cultist draping himself in black leather and chains to bring the idea of masculinity into aggressive visibility.

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decipher at will! i'm not touching that...

paglia also did a reading of one of dickinson's poems in this book

Savage Clone · 03.18.2008, 03:06 PM

Camille Paglia has one of the most annoying voices and speech styles ever, to the point where I have a hard time even reading things she's written because I hear that fucking voice in my head while I read.

SYRFox · 03.18.2008, 03:07 PM

Oh by the way, !@#$%! is by definition the thread master...

03.18.2008, 08:45 AM	#1
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	Mine is the semi-colon; I just love it.
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03.18.2008, 08:48 AM	#2
mangajunky expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Englewood, NJ Posts: 1,247	ellipsis...I use it far too often. __________________ -Franky Don't let yer meat loaf.
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03.18.2008, 09:50 AM	#3
uhler invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 3,615	.?!
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03.18.2008, 10:09 AM	#4
✌➬ invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: ιλ Posts: 5,754	?-?? __________________ We Kill Homosexuals!!!
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03.18.2008, 12:51 PM	#8
pantophobia expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,349	§؟₣‡¶ and so do you!
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03.18.2008, 02:26 PM	#10
Confucious is sex bad moon rising Join Date: May 2006 Location: Shoreditch, London, UK Posts: 183	You're all homonyms. Semi colons are my top favourite, but there will always be a place in my heart for my beloved parenthetical comma. Mmmmmm imbed those subordinate clauses baby, yeah! __________________ If you lick someone in the ear does it get spelt 'aural' or 'oral'?
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03.18.2008, 02:28 PM	#11
SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	Irony mark is my favorite, I really love it => ؟
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03.18.2008, 02:39 PM	#13
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	my favorite punctuation is also emily dickinson's-- the dash-- which indictes not a mere grammatical break but a pause in thought: The Brain -- is wider than the Sky -- For -- put them side by side -- The one the other will contain With ease -- and You -- beside -- The Brain is deeper than the sea -- For -- hold them -- Blue to Blue -- The one the other will absorb -- As Sponges -- Buckets -- do -- The Brain is just the weight of God -- For -- Heft them -- Pound for Pound -- And they will differ -- if they do -- As Syllable from Sound --
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03.18.2008, 02:56 PM	#14
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,290	Emily Dickinson -- Prude Central
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03.18.2008, 02:59 PM	#16
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,290	I don't think anyone else ever got the chance to find out.
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03.18.2008, 03:04 PM	#18
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	here a quote i could fish out of wikipedia: Even the best critical writing on Emily Dickinson underestimates her. She is frightening. To come to her directly from Dante, Spenser, Blake, and Baudelaire is to find her sadomasochism obvious and flagrant. Birds, bees, and amputated hands are the dizzy stuff of this poetry. Dickinson is like the homosexual cultist draping himself in black leather and chains to bring the idea of masculinity into aggressive visibility. -- decipher at will! i'm not touching that... paglia also did a reading of one of dickinson's poems in this book
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03.18.2008, 03:06 PM	#19
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,290	Camille Paglia has one of the most annoying voices and speech styles ever, to the point where I have a hard time even reading things she's written because I hear that fucking voice in my head while I read.
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03.18.2008, 03:07 PM	#20
SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	Oh by the way, !@#$%! is by definition the thread master...
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